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The Penance of St. John Chrysostom

Lost Art-ID
220173
Artist / Creator
Baldung, Hans (formerly attributed)
Birth
1484.07/1485.07, Schwäbisch Gmünd? / Weyersheim (Straßburg)?
Death
1545.09, Straßburg
Place of activity
Freiburg im Breisgau; Nürnberg
Artist / Creator
Oberrheinischer Meister (tätig in Straßburg?)
Lebensdaten
erste Hälfte des 16. Jh.
Title
The Penance of St. John Chrysostom
Dating
1536
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Oil ; Panel / painted
Height
20.50 cm
Width
36.00 cm
Inventory number
mü48127
Description

dated; In front sitting nude woman to the left, head resting on her right upper arm. A child sleeps on her right leg. On the left outside the cave the saint crawls to the right. Behind trees and rocks.

verso, upper left with graphite pencil[?]: "27[?]"; verso, upper left in red: "[?]"; verso, upper left in blue bold crayon: "48127"; verso, upper centre remains of a label; verso, upper centre in black: "[?]"; verso, upper right label: "Staatl. Kunsthalle / Karlsruhe / Baldung-Kreis / Lge Nr. 750 / HL. Chrysosto- / mus / Eingetragen 1956 / Geprüft"; verso, centre stamp: "Eigentum der / Bundesrepublik Deutschland"; verso, centre in black: "Ex dono Ser.mi Ducis Bav. Francisci clementis / [3. o. 7.] Oct. 1759"; verso, lower centre label: "Linznr. / 3854"; verso, lower right label: "Standort / 15".

Holding
Kulturgüter aus dem ehemaligen Reichsvermögen
Provenance

Without year: ? Elector Prince of Bavaria Clemens Franz de Paula of Bavaria (1722-1770)

(...): Unresolved

Before 21 June 1944: Possibly Theo Hermsen (1905-1944), Paris, acquisition route unexplained

21 June 1944: German Reich (" Sonderauftra Linz "), purchase via Dr. Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895-1956), Dresden

?-April 1945: "Führerbau", Munich, storage

April 1945-4 November 1948: unknown, theft

4 November 1948-10 June 1949: American Military Government, Central Collecting Point Munich, securing

10 June 1949-22 February 1952: Minister-President of Bavaria, Munich, taken over in trust by American military government

Since 22 February 1952: Federal Republic of Germany, initially held in trust, 1969 takeover from former Reich assets

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